12 Januar

Events

1528 - Gustav I o Swaden is crouned.
1616 - The ceety o Belém, Brazil, is foondit.
1816 - An amnesty is issued for parteecipants o the French Revolution.
1848 - An uprisin stairts in Palermo against the Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies.
1866 - The Ryal Aeronautical Society is foondit in Lunnon.
1888 - The Schuilchilder's Blizzard hits the Midwastren Unitit States, killin ower 200 fowk, mony o them schuilchilder.
1906 - Unitit Kinrick: Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet begins widespread social reforms efter a launslide general election victory.
1908 - A long-distance radio signal is sent frae the Eiffel Touer.
1915 - The Rocky Moontain Naitional Pairk is creatit.
1920 - French steamer "Afrique" hits a reef aff Fraunce an sinks, killin 575 oot o 609 fowk on baird.
1945 - A magnitude 7.1 yirdquauk hits Japan, killin 1,900 fowk.
1964 - The majority African population on the island o Zanzibar stairts an uprisin against its Arab rulers, proclaimin the "Fowkrepublic o Zanzibar". Maist o the Arab an Indie population are kilt in the uprisin.
1970 - Biafra capitulates efter a war o unthirldom against Nigerie.
1970 - Major floods affects pairts o Spain.
1991 - Gulf War: Unitit States Congress authorises military force against Iraq.
2005 - The Deep Impact space probe is launched on a Delta II racket.
2006 - A stampede at the Hajj Pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabie, kills 362 fowk.
2010 - 2010 Haiti yirdquauk: Ower 100,000 are kilt an millions affectit.
2016 - A terror attack on the Blue Mosque in Istanbul kills 10 fowk.
2019 - A roof collapses in a mine in Shenmu, Shaanxi, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, killin at least 21 fowk.
2020 - COVID-19 pandemic: The first-recordit cases o COVID-19 ootside the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae are reportit.

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Births

1628 - Charles Perrault, French writer (d. 1703)
1729 - Edmund Burke, Erse philosopher an statesman (d. 1797)
1746 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (d. 1827)
1751 - Ferdinand I o the Twa Sicilies (d. 1825)
1852 - Joseph Joffre, French general (d. 1931)
1856 - John Singer Sargent, American penter (d. 1925)
1863 - Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher (d. 1902)
1876 - Jack London, American writer (d. 1916)
1893 - Hermann Göring, German Nazi politeecian (d. 1946)
1907 - Sergei Korolev, Roushie rocket ingineer an spacecraft designer (d. 1966)
1909 - Archie Cochrane, Scots medicinar (d. 1988)
1910 - Luise Rainer, German actress (d. 2014)
1929 - Alasdair MacIntyre, Scots philosopher
1944 - Joe Frazier, American boxer (d. 2011)
1949 - Ottmar Hitzfeld, German fitbawer an manager
1949 - Haruki Murakami, Japanese writer
1959 - Nick Nairn, Scots chef
1964 - Jeff Bezos, American businessman (Amazon.com)
1965 - Rob Zombie, American muisicker, director, screenwriter an producer
1971 - David McAllister, German politeecian
1973 - Hande Yener, Turkish sangster
1974 - Melanie C, Inglis pop sangster (Spice Girls)
1980 - Maurice Golden, Scots politeecian
1984 - Oribe Peralta, Mexican fitbawer
1988 - Iain Williamson, Scots fitbawer
1989 - Axel Witsel, Belgian fitbawer
1990 - Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian-Roushie chess player
1991 - Pixie Lott, Inglis sangster

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Daiths

1519 - Maximilian I, Haly Roman Emperor (b. 1459)
1777 - Hugh Mercer, Scots sodger an medicinar (b. 1726)
1834 - William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick (b. 1759)
1875 - Emperor Tongzhi o Cheenae (b. 1856)
1966 - John Hunter, Scots fitbawer (b. 1878)
1976 - Dame Agatha Christie, Inglis writer (b. 1890)
2003 - Maurice Gibb, Manx-born sangster (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
2003 - Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine militar leader (b. 1926)

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